Fill your French students' hearts with love this Valentine's Day, jour de la Saint-Valentin. Here's a way to guarantee that every student will have a special day (at least in French class). My students love these activities and it gets them

Review French adjectives, professions, age, être, avoir, etc., while learning interesting facts about famous people and famous Francophones. This game can be used for advanced beginner, intermediate, or advanced students. This PowerPoint works

Need some time to bake pies and clean the house before your guests come or to pack before you travel to visit relatives? This 100 page bundle of printable activities for French Thanksgiving, l'Action de grâce has everything you need to make it

My French Lesson Plans, Activities, and Games, Vol. 1 includes 1350 pages of fun, engaging activities that get your students reading, writing, and speaking in the target language. These resources will bring fresh energy to your class, will increase

Looking for some fun ways to get your students speaking French on Valentine's Day, Saint Valentin or any other day of the year? Try French speed dating! Students prep questions beforehand or use the questions provided to go on pretend speed dates

Use these templates and 50 vocabulary words and cheesy pickup lines to make a fortune teller, cootie catcher, cocotte en papier, coin-coin for French Valentine's Day, La Saint-Valentin. Great way to learn Valentine's Day vocabulary and review

Do your students struggle to learn expressions with avoir? Check out this innovative way to introduce your students to the voir expressions. These 13 interactive notebook trifold French flashcards will teach your students how to use expressions

Need some time to bake pies and clean the house before your guests come? Looking for some engaging French Thanksgiving writing activities for your students? These will engage your students in the writing process, while teaching them some key

Need French sub plans, supply lessons, or emergency plans for French 1, 2, or 3 that even a sub who doesn't speak French can use successfully? Looking for no prep plans to email to your Department Head and know that your students will be learning?

Check out this innovative way to introduce the French colors to your students. These 13 trifold flashcards will teach your students their French colors and how to use them (and other tricky grammar) correctly and fluently. Can be used with or

Want to make your whole year easier? Once students really learn basic French school supplies vocabulary, they will understand your directions better all year long. These 22 interactive notebook trifold flashcards will teach your students how to

Want some fun games to get your students speaking and to review French Valentine's Day, La Saint-Valentin vocabulary?
* 50 French Valentine's Day Vocabulary Expressions and Cheesy Pickup Lines
* A Go Fish Game with 24 Different Game Cards,

Do your students struggle with learning the French body parts? Are they unable to use their new vocabulary in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 35 French body parts trifold flashcards will

Do your students struggle to learn French verbs, vocabulary, and grammar? Are they unable to use verbs or vocab correctly in a sentence? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 177 interactive notebook flashcards will

Need some time to bake pies and clean the house before your guests come or to pack before you travel to visit relatives? Use these French Thanksgiving Interactive Notebook Craftivities to make it through the last few days before Thanksgiving break.

Do your students struggle with French RE verb conjugations? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell verbs and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 10 interactive

Use these French Thanksgiving vocab sheets and games to give yourself time to relax the last 3 days before Thanksgiving break, all while your students are practicing circumlocution, speaking French, and learning new vocabulary. Great for French

Do your students struggle with learning new vocabulary? Are they unable to use their new words in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 20 French fruits interactive notebook trifold

Students create an End of Year French Memory Page as a keepsake while you sneak in some grammar review for the final exam (adjectives, futur proche, infinitives, commands, and past tense).
This one page memory sheet comes in color, black and white,

Do your students struggle to learn the French question words, interrogatives? Are they unable to use them in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 10 interactive notebook trifold flashcards will

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

* High School French and Spanish Teacher for 9 years; dual certification in Massachusetts and New York

* Designed and created my own curriculum to teach kids ages, 3-7, in my home

* Taught elementary students and adults in community centers and at after-school programs

* Currently home with my kids and raising them bilingually (definitely challenging at times, but worth it)

Working with all different types of students from PreK-HS seniors, from urban and suburban backgrounds, and from challenging students to high achievers has taught me that kids are kids.

No matter what their background or where they’re from, deep down all they really want is to know that you care about them.

MY TEACHING STYLE

* I am a firm believer in active learning. The more hands-on and exciting the lessons, the more the students get involved, and the more language they learn.

* I immerse my students in the target language and expect them to use it consistently in class. It’s amazing to see how they rise to high expectations. By the end of the school year, they feel comfortable communicating in the language, not only with me, but also with their peers.

* To me, each class is a big family – we take care of each other and help one another succeed.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

* 1 of 16 teachers selected from across the U.S. for a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to travel and study in Mexico for a month

* Top 100 High School Seller on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Top 1000 Seller Worldwide on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Have sold over 10,000 resources to teachers across the globe

Shining Teaching Moment:

* Getting a girl with severe disabilities who spoke only a few words and rarely smiled, to laugh and sing a song with me

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

* Wellesley College – B.A. French, minor in Education, semester in Paris, studying at Jussieu and with NYU program

* Harvard University – Continuing Education class in Spanish

* Middlebury College – M.A. Spanish

Raising my two kids bilingually has perhaps given me the best opportunity to learn and grow as a teacher. Watching the natural language learning process first-hand is incredible!

Kids don’t study flashcards or conjugate verbs when they’re learning their native language; they are immersed in the language and use it to communicate their needs, wants, and feelings.

The resources that I create reflect this native language learning style, but are adapted to the constraints of a regular classroom setting.

* Selected as a First Team All-American Field Hockey player in college and my #16 seed team defeated the #1 seed to go on to play in the Final Four. Very exciting!

* I’m secretly a big goofball and love being the center of attention and making people laugh.

* My graduate school nickname was “Buscapalabras” (She who looks up words), because I had taken only 8 classes of beginner to intermediate Spanish before jumping into a Masters’ program in grad school. Carried an enormous dictionary around with me all the time and constantly looked up words.

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